Vaillant Arotherm Plus Air Source Heat Pump Installation 

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Hi Joey P, thank you for your comment. I am glad you have found it useful and you have enjoyed the content. As for the Toshiba, I believe this is a split system, so that will require refrigerant pipework between the indoor and outdoor unit, most of the heat pumps installed here are Monobloc so that the engineers don't necessarily need to be F Gas trained. These heat pumps are not recognised as such for their Air to Water products in the UK, I know the Air to Air products are very good. I don't know how the weather in the winter compares to where you are but things to consider are, what are the flow temperatures you require for heating, at the coldest of temperatures what will the heat pump output be, for example if you require an 8 KW heat pump will you get 8 kw with a flow temperature of 50 degrees at 0 degrees outside? I have seen units that will only deliver 6 kw for example even though it was classed as an 8kw.

What was your qoute for this . And did you used liquid screed?

@@kugzilla done it on my own,...with 4 friends...in 3hrs...100m2....

@@thetroopersk I am looking at doing it downstairs which has about 35 sqm , so doing my research

@@kugzilla it is easy... can give you my advise...experoence.. dont forget to insulate...otherwise there is no point

@@thetroopersk I have drawn out a floor and wall insulation plan already . Though for the pipes I was going to get some one to do it as getting it wrong worries me

We have the same unit without planning in Scotland.

Hi, I would say the Vaillants Arotherm Plus and the Mitsubishi Ecodan are the quietest of units. In our other videos you can hear the noise levels of each unit. The thing to do is look at the potential siting of the heat pump itself and your potential installer can judge and measure the position to neighbouring properties and calculate the noise levels.

Hi Dan, not necessarily. You should have a digital phase meter installed that will indicate the kwh used and the interface will also have the energy consumption data available.

@@dorewoodman where do these install at. A quick search shows some that fit to the din rail on the consumer unit. Do they monitor whole house consumption or just for the heat pump

They now have a larger capacity then they had before and had no problem with it then.

ihave 300litre hot water....for 4 bathrooms... and it is perfect...

don't focus too much on how the radiators feel, is your room getting warm enough?

dont forget,...this is weather comp system...so it adjust itself. youcan change settings...as well

So yes in the summer they can get up to 75 degrees, in the winter its a bit lower (my experience around 60/65 at -5) but normally still enough for decent size radiators

That is the heat output of the unit, although dependent on flow temperature and external temperature it can achieve up to around 9kw

Hi Michal, that is a shame. Where are you located in the UK and what heat pump package do you have?

We are LU7, outdoor unit Vaillant aroTHERM Plus 7kW is the only thing we have at the moment. Space where the tank would go is a bit limited so we are hoping for a little bit of guidance on this side...

@@MichalPodobycko LU7 is out of our catchment unfortunately. I will just say if you are looking to gain the RHI you will need to engage with an MCS accredited business. What is the size of the space for the cylinder and buffer? Have you carried the correct heat loss for the property?

​@@dorewoodman That's a shame, let me know if you know anyone on this side of LDN... We are not even looking for RHI. Next March/April incentive would help though, if this will be easily accessible for end front consumer ... There is about 560mm max space available in width, and plenty of depth space Heat loss was carried few times, and we have prepared our house accordingly (external house insulation, radiators etc.). This saves a nice chunk of LPG anyway, but it's a shame we are unable to finish the actual job...

@@MichalPodobycko so they will help you but you think they cost too much ? maybe a brick layer or painter can connect it for you

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Vaillant without a doubt

Thanks for taking the trouble to reply . I ask because our installer is suggesting two ecodans 11kw cascaded . All I see on RU-vid from installers of quality is the use of Vaillant , the installer argues vaillant controls were variations of their gas boiler controls and that their customer service is rubbish . This is leaving me in a quandary , of course it may be to do with supply discounts from either and they make more money on the ecodans ,,however they do have a good reputation on installs

@@pmbpmb5416 mitsubishi have had a range of issues over the past 18 to 24 months and the Vaillant customer service and product is far better than the Mitsubishi Ecodan. I would, without a doubt, install the Vaillant. Where are you guys based?

Thanks for that info , unfortunately in south Wales where there is a dearth of reputable installers, nearest heat geek elite is Cardiff for example and they don’t do solar as well , I am trying to tie up the install together .

if it's calculated well it's often cheaper than gas, ofcourse if your house is very badly insulated that should always be the first step, that would also save you a enormous amount of gas as well

Sure, email info@dorewoodman.co.uk

Hi Nicks, I wouldn’t say self diagnose but it will detect the leak as the pressures and refrigerant temperatures will be all over the place and produce a fault code to indicate an issue.

it will stop working...